Letter: Fire-bombs on every aircraft

Sir: How many people realise - surely the aviation authorities must - that every can of hair spray, body perfume or antiperspirant is a potential flame-thrower?

There are warnings on airline tickets about carrying hazardous and flammable substances, such as lighter fluid, yet we all walk round with these cans in our luggage and no one says anything. If you look at the small print on your antiperspirant spray you will see dire warnings about fire.

JILL GALE

Hampton on Thames

Middlesex